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Summer and sweet corn time, here are some different toppings.

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 I toss unhusked cobs in the microwave, then cut off bottom and all the silk comes off with the husk. 6 Toppings to Make Your Grilled Corn Even Better Mexican-Style. ... Bacon + Basil. ... Greek Yogurt + Herbs + Crumbled Feta. ... Basil + Parmesan. ... Harissa + Feta. ... Sriracha + Beer Butter Microwave 4 mins per ear, cut off bottom and peel back shuck, removes silk at same time.   Toss 'em on de grill if you want them charred.

Roadwork.....the main road, N18, is being topcoated with a sound deadening

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 The main road between Varsseveld and Groenlo is being repaved with a sound deadening topcoat and sections will be closed to motor traffic for up to a week. No problems on the Ebikes as the intersections already have bicycle tunnels under the main road so cyclists do not have to cross the very busy road. Photos by Maarten. Video link :-

The Belgies take their beer seriously.......

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 The Belgies take their beer almost as seriously as the Achterhoekers in our area.  In the Achterhoek it would have been Grolsch Titbits:- Video link https://www.gelderlander.nl/bizar/vriendengroep-barricadeert-woning-van-getrouwd-stel-met-honderden-kratten-bier~add65852/  

Heelweg crew.........drive/bike tour, Chalk quarry and surrounding areas, Winterswijk area.

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 Heelweg crew stuffed the Ebikes on the back of the car and shot East  to Winterswijk, about 20 km drive. Start of their adventure.  Back yard, not our Peacocks, not our chooks and not our doves and not 'actually' our back yard past the green grass. Easy to load two bikes on hitch mount on the car. (winter photo, no leaves)  Marjolein first researches the area and plots a route on the bike paths. This is an old chalk/lime quarry, very interesting. Titbits:-  (Winterswijk quarry is an open-cast mine of un-Dutch proportions where lime is extracted on a large scale. This lime originated in the  Triassic , 240 million years ago. The quarry is known for fossils, ranging from shells to bone remains and footprints of saurians and different types of minerals. Muschelkalk Sea The limestone quarry is located just east of Winterswijk. The slab of limestone lies on the surface and is three kilometers long, one kilometer wide and forty meters thick. It was once the bottom of an inland sea:

New Historical bike route

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